04 March 2004

Lovelorn can be a physical illness

It's no surprise perhaps but it is now demonstrated that having your heart broken can lead to physical illness. It's a stress-related thing and is in fact down to the same kind of mechanisms already identified and known to be responsible for sri's. However it does add a further plus to the need for pastoral care and emotional intelligence to be part of the fabric of our lives.

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"Spend and tax" not "tax and spend"

 I got a response from my MP which got me kind of mad. You'll see why as I reproduce it here. Apologies for the strange changes in types...